Children’s Toys

Nothing is more frightening than a defective toy for a child. When parents and loved ones purchase toys for children, they’re expecting them to be safe. At the bare minimum, a toy shouldn’t endanger a child. Unfortunately, that’s just not always the case. When children’s toys are defectively manufactured or designed poorly, they can put children at risk for injury and even death. After any type of injury to a child involving a potentially defective or dangerous toy, it’s critical to speak with a personal injury lawyer who has proven product liability case experience as soon as possible.

Manufacturing Defects in Children’s Toys

When things go wrong during the manufacturing process, toys can be made defectively. This is a huge problem if toys go to shelves and then into the hands of children. Sometimes, there is a problem in the factory. Assembly line problems can spell dangerous for children’s toys. No matter what type of manufacturing defect occurred, the important thing is that it is recognized through quality control procedures swiftly and removed from circulation. If defective toys do get into the hands of children, the results can be catastrophic.

Defectively Designed Children’s Toys

In some cases, the very design involved in certain toys can be defective. Some toy designs will simply never be safe for children. We can probably think of many examples of dangerous toys from our childhood or from our parent’s childhoods that have no place in circulation today. They’re simply not designed to be safely handled or played with by children. A poorly designed toy has no place on the shelves or in the hands of children.

Small Parts and Choking Hazards 

Another problem we see frequently are toys with small parts that could be choking hazards for small children. This is doubly dangerous where magnets are involved. Everybody who has ever spent time around children, especially toddlers, knows that they put everything in their mouths. It’s just what they do. This is why toys shouldn’t have small or potentially removable parts that can present a choking hazard to small children and toddlers.

Potentially Dangerous Children’s Toys